# FiveStack LIVE : Blanche On The Ropes; 60 Minutes New Host is a Religious Blogger; Faucci's Lawyer Kicked Out; China Is Arming IRAN

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Published: 2026-07-29T21:04:17+00:00
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Dean Blundell missed Wednesday’s Fivestack for a meeting and Lev Parnas took the chair. 1️⃣ Cornyn Won’t Vote Yes on Blanche John Cornyn told NBC News at 1:14 that he is not prepared to vote yes on Todd Blanche, and the meeting the two men were meant to hold never happened. Chuck Grassley gave every Republican on Judiciary until four o’clock — thirty minutes after the show came off air. Cornyn wants one thing in writing: that the administration will abandon the $1.778 billion fund a federal judge has already found was assembled without any real settlement between Trump and the IRS. Blanche says his word should be enough. “Blanche is basically taking a bullet for Donald Trump,” Parnas said, comparing him to Michael Cohen, and said a source told him before air that Cornyn is not getting his letter — he is getting phone calls. Parnas made the point that gets lost: Trump never needs the confirmation. Blanche can stay acting attorney general as long as Trump wants him there. 5️⃣ Bari Weiss Picks Five People Who Will Never Cost Trump a Settlement Weiss named her 60 Minutes bench Wednesday morning — Ross Douthat, Trevor Phillips, Norah O’Donnell, Sebastian Junger and Gianna Toboni. Zev has interviewed Junger on Narativ and said so, and still called the roster what it is. Douthat writes opinion on Catholic questions for the New York Times. “To suggest that he could be taking Scott Pelley’s chair at 60 Minutes is astonishing,” Zev said. Days earlier the former 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega said the head of CBS News told her to report events that never happened in her coverage of the Minneapolis shootings. She refused. 3️⃣ Fauci Took the Fifth 106 Times, and Paul Threw His Lawyer Out The show ran the tape — Rand Paul refusing to recognize Fauci’s attorney, then “Security…

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